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Commentaries

13.01.2020 - Economics, Politics & Philosophy

The return of political moralism

by Thomas Mayer, Norbert F. Tofall

Fortunately, we do not have to fear a return of political moralism in its terrible form of lethal state terrorism. But other forms are omni-present.

13.01.2020 - Column

Trump's trade dispute is just the beginning.

Die Welt - 13th January 2020

by Thomas Mayer

For a long time, the USA endeavoured to integrate the emerging China into the liberal world order it had created in the course of the twentieth century.

10.01.2020 - Interjection Mayer

„Winter is here“

Welt am Sonntag - 5th January 2020

by Thomas Mayer

Anyone who would have dared to venture an outlook on the new decade at the end of 2009 would very probably have done so under the impression of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007/08 and the resulting Great Recession of 2008/09.

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Studies

14.01.2020 - Macroeconomics

Is there a savings glut due to pension savings?

by Thomas Mayer, Kai Lehmann

The thesis that interest rates would have been lowered by a flood of savings due to greater efforts to save for retirement is not supported by facts.

07.01.2020 - Macroeconomics

The Euro & Its Impact On European Banking

by Thomas Mayer

Thomas Mayer in talk with The Investor's PODCAST on questions about the euro, differences to the US dollar and digital central bank money.

13.12.2019 - Wealth Price Index

H1-2019: Inflation in Greece, deflation in France

by Philipp Immenkötter

By mid-2019, prices for the assets of private households in the Euro zone had risen by +1.6% in comparison to the previous mid-year figure. While asset prices rose massively in Greece, France had to struggle with deflation.

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Press

Debate of a global currency war

The Euro at 20: A New Deal to Save the Euro

Más TLTRO y un Draghi cauto: lo que esperan las gestoras de la próxima reunión del BCE

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